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U.S.-Canada Border Agents Report Sharp Increase In Migrant Encounters In New England

By Michael P. Norton State House News Service

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Massachusetts Is One of Two States Where Revenge Porn Remains Legal; A Bill Would Ban It

Massachusetts remains close to a national outlier on the issue of revenge pornography — the Bay State and South Carolina are the only states that don't ban it. However, a pair of lawmakers recently filed a bill (HD.83/SD.724) that would outlaw the practice:  state representative Jeffrey

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States, Cities Scramble to Combat Animal ‘Tranq’ in Street Drugs

Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Christine Vestal As a dangerous new additive found in fentanyl and other street drugs surges from coast to coast, health officials in nearly every state are scrambling to track it.

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Nikki Haley Coming To New Hampshire This Week

Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley plans to come to New Hampshire this week. The Republican, who is expected to announce a run for president in her home state of South Carolina on Wednesday, February 15, is going to the Granite State to do town hall events on Thursday, February

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New Massachusetts GOP Chairman Says Party Needs To “Moderate Our Image”

The new chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party wants to change the party's public perception. Amy Carnevale, who was elected chair of the party last month, said that she wants the party to moderate its image.

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FBI Leaked Memo Accuses New Hampshire Religious Group of Posting an Extremist Threat

A Federal Bureau of Investigation leaked memo saying that "radical traditionalist" Catholic groups pose an extremist threat targeted a religious group in New Hampshire.. The memo — which the FBI subsequently retracted — said that such organizations contain "violent extremists" and have ties to "white nationalism."

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Vermont Parents No Longer Have To Pick ‘Male’ or ‘Female’ After Birth of Baby

Parents of newborns in Vermont can now pick "a nonbinary gender marker" on the baby's birth certificate instead of "male" or "female." The state's one and only law school can claim credit for it.

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Former Mayor of Cranston Running For President? Yes — And He’s Got Big Ideas On Social Security and Taxes for the GOP

Former Cranston mayor Steve Laffey sees a problem with the Republican Party. The 60-year-old Republican, who served as the mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island from 2003 to 2007, thinks his party is abandoning fiscal responsibility.